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    Earthquakes occur due to built-up elastic stress along faults in the Earth's crust that is suddenly released. The type and size of earthquake depends on the type of tectonic plate boundary, with divergent boundaries typically causing smaller, shallower quakes and subduction zones often producing larger, deeper quakes. Earthquake waves originate from the focus, where fault slippage begins, and radiate out, with the epicenter marking where the first seismic waves appear at the surface.

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    Earthquakes occur due to built-up elastic stress along faults in the Earth's crust that is suddenly released. The type and size of earthquake depends on the type of tectonic plate boundary, with divergent boundaries typically causing smaller, shallower quakes and subduction zones often producing larger, deeper quakes. Earthquake waves originate from the focus, where fault slippage begins, and radiate out, with the epicenter marking where the first seismic waves appear at the surface.

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    Earthquake Part 1

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    Earthquakes occur due to built-up elastic stress along faults in the Earth's crust that is suddenly released. The type and size of earthquake depends on the type of tectonic plate boundary, with divergent boundaries typically causing smaller, shallower quakes and subduction zones often producing larger, deeper quakes. Earthquake waves originate from the focus, where fault slippage begins, and radiate out, with the epicenter marking where the first seismic waves appear at the surface.

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    Earthquake

    How earthquake occur?

    Elastic Rebound
     Rocks store energy elastically
     When stored stress exceeds the strength of the friction on the fault or the strength of the rock…
    snap.
     The longer between quakes, the more energy as a way to predict the size of the next quake

    Earthquakes and Plates


     Diverging: Small, Shallow
     Subduction Zone: Large, Shallow to deep
     Suture Zone: Large, Shallow to medium depth
     Transform: Small to large (large are rare shallow

    Basic Earthquake Terms


     Focus: Where are the fault ruptures, where the earthquake actually begins
    o Usually underground
    o Rupture can propagate along the surface above the size of quake depends on the
    amount of rupture
     Epicenter: Point on earth’s surface above the focus, where surface waves was begin.

    Earthquake Waves
     Body Waves: run through the interior of Earth
    o P (Primary Waves)- Compressional, Fast
    o S (Secondary Waves)- Transverse, Slower
     Surface Waves: Ripples at surface of earth, much slower

    Finding Epicenter

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